[[closed post: jormanen end denam danne näskelle*]]

[ravkanwitch]

There's something about Dark that reminds Nina of Fjerda – maybe it's the cold and the scarcity. She remembers working long shifts at the cannery in Elling when she was trying to maintain her cover. Everything in that town was worn down and washed out. Even the crystal whiteness of the Ice Court is a bit bland in her memory. While she loves the country of Fjerda itself, somehow (maybe it's Djerholm syndrome; that's a linguistics joke), it all makes her slightly glum. And that's when the brightly colored magazines in the library grabbed her attention. What better time to hold a "slumber party" than now, when the end to Dark is around the corner, but the prospect of winter is still lingering?

Her room has been set up for the party ever since the early afternoon. She pushed her furniture against the walls and moved all of her "stuff" out of the way. With the help of Dionysus and the aftermath of their pinball bet, she set up a spread of juice boxes, grapes, and some really strange but quite tasty Japanese grape gummies. He also provided the jelly for some almond butter and jelly squares that Luo Binghe helped to make – after she promised him that she would spend some quality time with him after the slumber party, of course.

She wasn't exactly sure how to decorate... Festive? Girly? Spooky? A little bit of everything? She hung up a few brightly colored streamers as well as some black streamers and then found all of the spare cushions and blankets in the empty rooms on her level of the mansion. The cushions are laid out on the ground for everyone to sit or lay on along with plenty of blankets on top. She did read that spooky stories are typical at a slumber party, so she's scattered a few decorative bones around the room for a spooky vibe... And then the final touch: she found three strings of fairy lights hidden away in a dusty closet and strung them around the ceiling of the room where they're sparkling away right now. Thankfully, there's been no restriction on that whole "electricity" thing. And then... the wait for the guests to arrive.

[[Let's try this slumber party post this way... For each stage of the evening, I'll post a top level Nina comment. Feel free to respond to whatever strikes your fancy and then interact with everyone else as needed! Hopefully we'll end up with multiple short threads!]]

*Be welcome and wait out the storm, in Fjerdan

Comments

Re: [entering and intros!]

[ninth_cavalier]

Gideon is--somehow, despite everything sane and true about the world, unsure if she actually does want it to be, at least until she figures out what the fuck is wrong with her. Thankfully, they're at a party, so she doesn't have to have a real answer. She winks. "I'm sure I can dream something up." She jerks her thumb at the snacks. "Buy you a free juice box?"

Re: [entering and intros!]

[tallyyoungblood]

"All this talk about buying stuff. How did Rusties do anything all day if they were always worried about money?"

Re: [entering and intros!]

[ninth_cavalier]

Gideon laughs. "No idea. Never had any money, myself. But--it's a pick-up line. Like, you buy a hot girl a drink at a bar. I guess so she doesn't need to worry about money, and can devote all her attention to how cool and sexy you are."

Re: [entering and intros!]

[tallyyoungblood]

"Seems tough for the people who are trying to date the hot girls, though. And, um, yes. You can buy me a free juice box."

Re: [entering and intros!]

[ninth_cavalier]

"Well, I guess that's the cool part about being a hot girl who also dates hot girls, huh?" says Gideon, and sidles off to grab them both juice boxes.